The book fair is open from Monday, March 30 through Sunday, April 12, 2020. Any orders placed in the first two weeks will have a 25% rebate back to the school from scholastic! All orders placed after the first two weeks will still earn 2% per order.  Please continue to support our enriching library and technology softwares through this book fair and share the link with all of your friends and family.  https://www.scholastic.com/bf/holyredeemerschool7

Join Mrs. Wisniewski’s Harry Potter Book Club on Edmodo.  Use class code ygyve6 or email Mrs. Wisniewski at lauren.wisniewski@holy-redeemer.org with questions.  If you already have an Edmodo account, just log in and join the club with the code.

Link to the weekly Mary Amoto's Poetry contest

History: 
4/7: Powerpoint Review This is a review of the characteristics of Renaissance Art. Review these notes and then complete the project about Renaissance Art on Edmodo. Our class code is v6iwvq. This project is due by the start of class on Thursday. Answers are to be in paragraph form. 
 4/9: UPDATED Edmodo account. Sorry - I posted the 8th grade. v6iwvq is the correct code for 7th. 
4/9: Reformation Notes. Happy Easter! I look forward to seeing you on 4/21.
Literature: 
Enrichment Video on Dystopia
PROJECT



 

MATH:      Phase 2 Letter       
           
Mon, Wed,  &  Fri    11.15am  – 12 pm      Click to join: ZOOM Class Login
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  Explore the site: (Click)  Experimenting in space!
F  4/10:   No class.
Th  4/9:  Problem of the Week on Edmodo due!
W  4/8: Zoom class.  Text p174 #27-30,38-50 due by tomorrow - post on Emodo (NOT email).  Do Quiz 3-1 today.  Be sure your L.3-1 on PR is also completed.  
T  4/7:  
M 4/6:  Zoom class.  Complete L.3-1 on PearsonRealize.  Do Text p174 #11 - 14

F  4/3:  ZOOM class.  Text p168  #8-13, 17-22, 32-34. We will check on Mon. Do not email.
Th  4/2:  We start Ch.3 tomorrow.  You should have emailed your Test work as we discussed.
W  4/1:  The Test is on PearsonRealize.  Complete by 4  pm latest.  
T  3/31:  Complete PearsonRealize Ch 2 Review, Prep for Test 2-7 to 2-10. 
Retake Quiz 2-10 at 11-12 noon

SCIENCE:    Phase 2 Letter       
           
Tues, Thurs    10:35  – 11:10 am      Click to-   Join Zoom Meeting
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For your enjoyment: ScienceWorld 

F  4/10: 
Th  4/9:  Zoom class. Quiz- Cell Transport.  Click to go to   BIOLOGY4KIDS   Read through (Passive T.)and view the video at the end. Go to the next page, read & view (Active T.) 
 Then, on a sheet of paper,write your name and QUIZ at the top, answer these questions:
1.  Define Passive Transport.
2.  Define Active Transport
3.  Creat a T-chart to Compare and Contrast the two processes Passive & Active transport (a) 2 ways they are similar, and 4 ways they are different.

Send to me by email.  Due today.
 
W  4/8:   Study for Quiz
T  4/7:  Zoom class.  (1)  Draw/copy and label(annotate) a diagram/diagrams showing the processes of Endocytosis and Exocytosis   (2)  In your notebook, answer the 4 questions found on the last page of the PPT slide.
All Due in Thursday's class.  Be sure to have viewed L.3 dig. lesson on ThinkCentral.  Try the demonstrations we discussed about.
PPT: CELL PROCESSES

Click on link:   DiscoveryEducation video.  Login with the following:  Username:  lifescience and Password:  biology

W 2/26:  ALL 7TH GRADE PLEASE READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS AND JOIN OUR EDMODO CLASS PAGE TONIGHT.  Class code is  djt5c3   Parents are welcome to join too.  
View this PPT: Organization of Life
Science Links:  

PHASE 2 Letter

Mon, Wed,  &  Fri    11:20 am  – noon      Click to join:  Zoom Class Login
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4/8: due 4/9:  Complete #2-12 even and #13-18 all on workbook page 261.  Please remember that all work should be completed on loose leaf and all steps and work should be shown.  Work that is missing steps and work will be considered incomplete. This work should be submitted by the end of the day tomorrow.  

ALSO, be sure that you have submitted all workbook pages (complete with work and steps shown) and completed all IXL skills assigned since 3/17.

Answer key for #1-10 all and #18-26 even on text pages 201-202  here.

4/7: Complete the textbook assignment from 4/6 and work on IXL skills 7.J.11 and 7.J. New! calculate unit rates with fractions (found under 7.J.5).  work to a score of 80 on each or 15 minutes each.

4/6:  Submit your work for problems from the left side of workbook page 259 today(4/6). If you were not able to attend class today, please watch the two videos found on the pearsonsuccessnet.com website.  The videos are called:

1. Solving proportions using cross products
2. Solving proportions usingnumber sense or mental math

Then complete #1-10 all and #18-26 even on text pages 201-202 and have it ready to check in class on Wednesday (4/8).

4/3:  Complete the problems on the left side of workbook page 259 and have it ready for class on Monday.  Please make sure that you have submitted all assignments from this week including IXL practice.  The key for text page 195 is here

4/1:  Workbook page 257 should be submitted through e-mail by 3 p.m. today

4/1 due 4/3:  In class we went over the answers to workbook page 257.  The answers can be found here. This work needs to be submitted by e-mail by 3 p.m. today.  In class we began working on lesson 5-3 Proportions.  Students learned to determine if two ratios form a proportion by either simplifying and comparing ratios or by using cross products.

The informtion is reviewed in the homework video tutors on the pearsonsuccessnet.com website. There are 2 videos and they are both claled "Identifying whether two ratios are proportional". You need to watch both to understand both methods.

The homework assignment is to complete #1-9 all and 10-28 even on text page195 and to work on IXL skill 7.J.9 to a minimum score of 90.



3/30 due 4/1 for class:  Complete #1-12 on workbook page 257. Work should be completed on looselef showing all steps and work, even if you are using a calculator to help you with you computations.

3/30 submit by 10 am on 3/31:  Complete #22-25 on tet page 191.  Be sure to show your work. In class today we complete #19-21 together.

Please view the following Homework Video Tutors  on the pearsonsuccessnet.com website for more information on how to solve these problems.

1. Finding Unit Rates
2. Comparing Unit Rates

Homework Postings March 17-27, 2020
 

The New Text Books web pages are as follows:

•  Middle School Math Courses 1, 2 & 3:  Go to: http://www.pearsonsuccessnet.com 
  Login with your unique username and password given by your teacher.

Websites for extra practice for all students:
(1) http://gregtangmath.com/    
(2) http://www.math.com    
3)  http://www.mathplayground.com/ 
(4) http://www.mathsisfun.com/index.htm      
(5) http://calculationnation.nctm.org/ 
(6) https://illuminations.nctm.org/Activity.aspx?id=3521 for practice and games.     
(7) http://mathantics.com/  

English--Click Zoom class link T/TH 1:25 or type in meeting id 737 458 328
Phase 2 Letter to Parents                                   Week of 3/16-3/28 School work

3/30 Watch Khan Academy video on prepositions of time and space and complete Khan Academy practice in English notebook. We will review in class tomorrow. Journal prompt for today: Draw something wonderful you saw over the weekend and explain why you thought it was neat. Perhaps it is something ordinary you saw in a new way or a sign of spring or just something that made you laugh.

3/31 Zoom class recap: We completed journal prompt in class: What advice have you been getting from your parents, family members, other adults? We then viewed this ppt and practiced finding prepositional phrase, preposition and its object for 1-3. If you were absent from class please answer 1-3 on slide 10 and send to me.

4/1 Journal Prompt: Compare and contrast what life was like before and during the pandemic. You can write or draw or both. Quiz tomorrow for prepositions/prepositional phrases. You got this! You did great yesterday.

4/2  Journal Prompt: What have you learned about yourself and your family these past couple of weeks as you have been spending so much time together? Zoom class recap: Play Prepositions quizizz game here and take Google Quiz here for prepositions.

4/3 Journal Prompt: After finishing first week of Phase 2 online learning, how is it going? Do you prefer this type of learning or in-school learning? What are the pros and cons of each for you? After you complete this last journal entry, turn them in via email to Mrs. Popil.

4/6 Let's celebrate National Poetry Month! Please view this powerpoint on how to write a diamante poem. Any topic and you may create an antonym or synonym poem. Click the links to see an example of each I created.  Click here for a printable pdf to get you started. Due Thursday but if you want feedback on a draft, please post to the new 7th grade English edmodo classroom using code rjaiyy or this link and attach or type in your rough draft under the assignment tab on the right where I can give you personal/private feedback. DO NOT ATTACH TO PUBLIC CONVERSATION THREAD IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PAGE. Have fun with this short poetry form!

4/7 Zoom class recap: Today we reviewed double negatives on p. 207-208 in Grammar for Writing. If you missed class, please complete ex 1-2 and send me a picture of your work.

4/8 Use Edmodo to upload your poem either privately to the right under the assignment or as a way to share with the class in the middle of the page. Due Thursday.

4/9 Diamante poems are due today. See instructions in Edmodo or using slideshare and example and form. Here is Mary Amato's website if you want to submit to the contest. Zoom class recap: Viewed this video on writing/sharing poetry and looked at this website for writing poetry over Spring Break. 
 

On-Level Literature--Click Zoom class link M/W/F 10:35 or meeting id 611 202 729 and Password: 259927
Phase 2 letter to parents                                       Week of 3/16-3/28 School work

3/30 Zoom class recap: Watch TEDed Irish myth and discuss in class today. Add three purposes to definition of myth: entertain, teach a lesson, explain the natural world. Read nonfiction piece "Tenochtitlan" pp938-942. We will answer questions on p. 943 in class Wed. You only need to send answers to me if you do not attend Zoom class Wed. Write vocabulary words p 936 in notebook and show me Wednesday in class as well.

3/31 Finish reading and vocabulary. Be ready to discuss questions on p. 943 in class.

4/1  Zoom class recap: Discuss p. 943 cause and effect and legend vs. fact. We reviewed vocabulary p. 944 and 936. If you were not in class today you must wrie answers to questions p. 943 and send via email to Mrs. Popil. If you were in class, you will get credit for correct answers to "Tenochtitlan". Homework: Study vocabulary from both pages. We will do vocab activity in class Friday.

4/2 Read "Popocateptl and Ixtlaccihuatl" p. 947-954. Sorry I did NOT have it posted on time. Please read and then answer the questions p 955.

4/3 Zoom recap: We watched video and discussed the idea of how science and mythology attempt to answer the same question in different ways. Homework; answer questions 1-4 on p. 955 and send to Mrs. Popil. If you were not in class, please also answer questions to vocab 1-6 p. 955.

4/6 Zoom recap: Reviewed answers to Mexican Legend from Friday. Assigned Parable project. Please see assignment in Edmodo. Join using class code c5hyh8 or follow link to Edmodo 7th Lit class. Oral presentation due Wednesday.

4/7 Work on your Parable Presentation. See Edmodo class page (class code c5hyh8) or email me with questions. We will present tomorrow in class.

4/8 Zoom class recap: Orally presented parables and lessons learned. Discussed Oral Tradition of the Bible. If you were unable to present your parable, please write a summary of the parable you were assigned and the lesson to be learned from the parable. Attach to Edmodo or email to me. This counts as an assessment grade. For vocab, please write the definition of the verb "sow" and the noun "sower" at the bottom of your parable write up.

4/9 Have a wonderful Spring Break and Happy Easter! I will see you virtually on 4/20. No homework.

Religion:
Phase 2 Distance Learning Parent Letter
Read about the Saint of the Day.
Week of 4/5:
Make Easter Story Cookies with your family to remember Jesus during our Holy Week.

4/6 - Read one of these scripture stories:
John 18: 1 - 40
John 19: 1 - 42 
List five (5) events that occurred in the story that you read. Bring to class on Wednesday.
Holy Week PowerPoint

4/1 - You did a great job sharing the Theological and Cardinal Virtues.
Here is the video: What is the Significance of Palm Sunday.

3/30 - Chapter 18 PowerPoint

Zoom meetings:
Topic: 7th Grade Religion
Time: 9:05 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Every week on Mon, Wed, until Apr 22, 2020.
        Apr 6, 2020 09:05 AM
        Apr 8, 2020 09:05 AM
        Apr 20, 2020 09:05 AM
        Apr 22, 2020 09:05 AM
Please download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system.
Weekly: https://us04web.zoom.us/meeting/tZEsf-ivpj8tmUHi-Uxc-YY-uqW-0Xo7-w/ics?icsToken=98tyKuGtrzMrHdyRt13td7UvW4X7bvG5lnx7gqoQqQfmThlqLxbnAa8SCr0oXc-B

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us04web.zoom.us/j/851817847

Meeting ID: 851 817 847

Rosary Resources:
Rosary video
Catholic Kids - How to pray the Rosary
Prayer Service at Home:
- English
-Spanish

Christ Our Life - 7th Grade

ART:  Hi My Most Amazing Artists! I’ll be using Artsonia to post projects for art! Please click the link below for the instructions on setting up your child to use Artsonia Classroom Mode so you can view projects and upload artwork at home! Projects are up and ready to complete! Keep checking back throughout the week. I may be delving into some photography lessons

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1znAOGA4NzbOIlv7KtprbZJMC_bnvTKHC/view?usp=drivesdk

If you'd like to access the videos without going into Artsonia, here are the lessons below: 

1, Andy Goldsworthy Inspired Nature Art: https://youtu.be/lv2cgC9AEqc
2. Inspirational Quote Poster (a lesson on typography): https://youtu.be/tVuGIRWPPno
     Handouts that go with the lesson:  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HStPkQqxdQVU5_1XbAZhQBA_SEYHlkWg/view?usp=drivesdk
3. How to make your own watercolor paints: https://youtu.be/T-cD7KgIWdg
4. Make your own mini-sketchbook: https://youtu.be/y5CY4aLZtfk

Music: APRIL 6TH - 10TH

Below is an interactive exercise that can be done using an iPad, tablet, phone camera or QR Code scanning APP. If you remember how PLICKERS work you already know how to do this. If you are not sure what to do WATCH this VIDEO to learn how to do it. CLICK HERE.

CLICK THE QR CODE IMAGE IF YOU CANNOT SCAN

P.E.

Hello everybody.
Every week I am going to download new videos and materials which can help you to stay active at home.
 Please exercise daily.

https://youtu.be/h3Xrtm0IVnY
#https://youtu.be/wK99lII1oFM

Week of April 6th, 2020

Please watch and try
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iS8h0J_Ows&feature=share
#https://youtu.be/L_A_HjHZxfI
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